Portrait of Marshall Neilan

Directing

Marshall Neilan

Career

Active from 1912 to 1938, busiest in 1913 with 13 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stella Maris
Stella Maris
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Marshall Neilan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0
  • Dark Humor
    1.4, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Silent Film 4
  • Historical Period Piece 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Love Triangle 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Silent Era Romance 2
  • Slapstick Comedy 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Social Class Divide 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 82
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

as Senator Worthington Fuller

1930s

15 titles ยท average score 59
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Swing It Professor
Swing It Professor (1937)

Director

Sing While You're Able
Sing While You're Able (1937)

Director

Thanks for Listening
Thanks for Listening (1937)

Director

This Is the Life
This Is the Life (1935)

Director

Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
GoodWatch score 30

Director, Writer

The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)

Director

Social Register
Social Register (1934)

Director

Catch-As Catch-Can
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931)

Director

War Mamas
War Mamas (1931)

Director

Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels (1930)
GoodWatch score 53

Story

Sweethearts on Parade
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)

Director

1920s

32 titles ยท average score 44
The Vagabond Lover
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

Tanned Legs
Tanned Legs (1929)
GoodWatch score 48

Director

3-Ring Marriage
3-Ring Marriage (1928)

Director

Her Wild Oat
Her Wild Oat (1927)

Director

The Sporting Venus
The Sporting Venus (1925)

Director

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)

Director

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)

Director

Penrod
Penrod (1922)

Director, Producer

The Lotus Eater
The Lotus Eater (1921)

Director, Producer

Bits of Life
Bits of Life (1921)

Director, Story

Dinty
Dinty (1920)

Producer, Director

Go and Get It
Go and Get It (1920)

Producer, Director

1910s

52 titles ยท average score 61
Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jimmie Mc Bride (as Marshall A. Neilan)

Stella Maris
Stella Maris (1918)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

M'Liss
M'Liss (1918)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly (1915)

as Lt. Pinkerton

Rags
Rags (1915)

as Keith Duncan

Classmates
Classmates (1914)

as Bert Stafford

Sherlock Bonehead
Sherlock Bonehead (1914)

Story, Director

Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw
Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (1914)

as The Henpecked Husband

Love, Oil and Grease
Love, Oil and Grease (1914)

as Ray Beaudine

Cupid Through Padlocks
Cupid Through Padlocks (1912)

as Charley Bradley